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From 26 September to 10 November 2015, the Palazzetto Bru Zane presents in Venice a cycle of concerts devoted to Édouard Lalo. Further information on the works of this composer who oscillated between folklorism and Wagnerism may be found here.

We will be celebrating the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Gounod in 2018. But there’s no need to wait until the anniversary to brush up on your classics (or rather, your Romantics)!

Gounod’s Cinq-Mars

As Cinq-Mars (1877) was just released as a CD-book, the eleventh volume of Palazzetto Bru Zane’s “French Opera” collection, we invite you to discover notes on this opera on bruzanemediabase.

Hervé and his “Knights”

Les Chevaliers de la Table ronde by Hervé, from December 16 to January 7 at the Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet, with the compagny Les Brigands.

Hervé’s Wacky World

While Mamz’elle Nitouche is on tour throughout France, explore the new material devoted to the compositeur toqué (crazy composer) on the bruzanemediabase.

Jacques Offenbach

The spotlight is on Offenbach! Click here to see his biography, numerous introductions to his works, as well as various portraits and pictures associated with his productions.

L'influence anglaise sur le romantisme musical français

Festival Berlioz has just released its “So British” poster for its 2017 season. In preparation for your visit to La Côte Saint-André, brush up on the conference proceedings of L’Influence anglaise sur la romantisme musical français (2012).

La Jacquerie

With the revival of Lalo and Coquard's La Jacquerie scheduled for March 11 2016 in Paris, find out more about this 1895 work here.

La Reine de Chypre

First performed at the Paris Opera in December 1841, Halévy’s La Reine de Chypre will be revived at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on June 7, 2017 as part of Palazzetto Bru Zane’s Paris Festival. Click here for related articles and analysis of the work, the libretto, and press coverage from the time the work was premiered.

La Tombelle

To mark the occasion of Palazzetto Bru Zane’s Spring 2017 festival devoted to Fernand de La Tombelle, click here to research the archives assembled by his descendants including scores, concert programmes, articles and photographs.

Find out more about Hérold’s “Le Pré aux clercs” on the occasion of the release of our CD-book!

Le Timbre d’argent

Palazzetto Bru Zane’s Camille Saint-Saëns cycle will conclude with a staging of Le Timbre d’argent at the Opéra Comique from June 9 through June 19, 2017. Click here for fact sheets and articles on the work on the bruzanemediabase.

Le Tribut de Zamora (Gounod)

On 28 January 2018, the Munich Radio Orchestra and the Bavarian Radio Chorus will be performing a revival of Gounod’s Le Tribut de Zamora (1881) under the baton of Hervé Niquet. Click here to discover an introduction to the opera, the libretto, articles, images and a review of the press coverage of the premiere.

With the CD/booklet devoted to the work of Marie Jaëll in the Palazzetto Bru Zane Portrait series just released, find out more about the composer in the Bruzanemediabase.

Marsick collection

Martin-Pierre et Armand Marsick were active in and witnesses to the musical life of their time. Find out more about them in these source documents: letters, photographs and autographed title pages dating from the Third Republic.